The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports a Jan. 9 trial date was set Friday at the request of prosecutors and the attorney for 38-year-old Julie Corey. Corey faces murder and child kidnapping charges in the 2009 death of 23-year-old Darlene Haynes.

Prosecutors say Corey beat and strangled Haynes, who was eight months pregnant, before taking the fetus. They said Corey faked a pregnancy and lied about giving birth to a child.

Corey and her boyfriend were found two days later in a Plymouth, N.H., homeless shelter with a baby that DNA testing later showed was Haynes' child. Corey has pleaded not guilty.